Saint David’s Uniting Church
Castle Street, Treforest CF37 1TA
Minister: Coming soon!
Church Telephone No: 07766892487
Website: www.stdavidsuniting.org.uk
Admin email: [email protected]
Link for Live Stream – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1ftWuXHexnfFdo1FKwXBZA
1st June 2025
We welcome you all to our services today: if you are a visitor or worshipping with us for the first time, we hope you will feel ‘at home’ and return again soon.
We especially welcome our good friend Haydn Blackey who is leading our worship this morning. It is always a pleasure to have Haydn with us and we look forward to this time of fellowship with him.
Fair-traded refreshments will be served in the hall following the morning service. We invite you to join us for this time of informal fellowship and take time to look at the handmade cards which are on sale.
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Diary for the Week
Monday 2nd The Park Ramblers meet to walk at 10.15 followed by coffee in The Princes
Sunday 8th Our ZOOM Service at 10.30am will be led by Revd Simon Walkling from Christwell URC, Mansleton.
Pastoral Matters
We only include names when permission has been given.
- We remember those that are struggling looking after family members and those who struggle with long term health issues.
- Beti has a chest infection and is on strong medication, Marlene is now able to go out with help.
- There are a few still in hospital who would love a change of scenery, which is not yet possible.
- We are sad to say Ann Edwards’ sister and former Castle Sq, member, Gwyneth Strawbridge, died this week. She grew up in Castle Sq before moving to Caerphilly, and later Nottingham.
Birthdays
There are 4 members of our fellowship with birthdays this week:
John Davies will be 90 TODAY (June 1st) He will be partying with family and friends from 2pm!!
Marilyn Young’s birthday is also today; she started celebrating last weekend! The other two are Liz Henson on Monday 2nd and Stephanie Hills on Friday 6th. We hope you all enjoy/ed your special days!
Thanks….
I’d like to thank people for my lovely birthday cards and messages. We had a lovely time celebrating with our family over the weekend. Madeleine
Sharing Good News
Madeleine and Ron’s grandson Fin has passed his grade 6 music exam on Classical Guitar with distinction. We are all so pleased and proud of him. Fin comes to church with them when he is visiting from London.
Future Services
June 15th Revd Mark Fairweather-Tall
June 22nd Iestyn Henson
June 29th Revd Peter Noble
Nominations for Elders
Liz Henson and Pam Mahoney will be finishing as Elders at the AGM. We are grateful for all they have done in the past years.
Nomination forms for two places on the eldership are now available.
People on-line will have received nomination forms mid-week and we appeal to all members to take some time and prayerfully think about this and submit some names. Please don’t leave it the faithful few.
Here’s the t’s and c’s…!
Current eldership: Lynda Bull, Anne Coles, Liz Henson, Claire Hughes, Viviane Lamare, Catherine Naamani, Pam Mahoney, Colleen Rowan, Maralyn Tomlinson, Bethan Walkling.
All St. David’s Uniting Church members can nominate any other church member whom they deem to have the gifts and graces to serve God through church eldership. More than one name can be given and neither a seconder, nor the permission of the person you’re nominating needs to be sought.
All forms to be received by 15th June. The new elders will be affirmed at the AGM on Monday 30th June.
Volunteers Needed
Marcia has told the Elders that she will finish producing and printing the news sheet after the AGM.
She feels the news sheet is in need of a revamp, it has been in a similar format for 20+ years. It is an important task which she has enjoyed doing and we are all very grateful for her work.
If anyone is willing to take on this task, please let an Elder know. The work could be shared: the Elders are considering whether we might move to a fortnightly or monthly news sheet.
A Hirings Officer is still needed to oversee any group wishing to use the building, this role could also be shared.
Hopefully we can fill these vacancies by the AGM.
It’s the time of year when people are going on holiday so cover is needed to give lifts on Sundays. If you are able to help, please contact Viviane or Lynda.
The Latest figure for Christian Aid week is £975 – £860 from Envelopes and £115 from the sale of cakes. We have yet to calculate Gift-Aid.
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Items of Interest in the Area
Tonteg Community Summer Market – Saturday 7th June 10.00 – 12.30
If you like Handcrafted Items, fresh bread, local cider or homemade cakes and pies then the Community Centre, Main Road. Tonteg is the place to go to. More details on the poster in the hall.
Tears of Gold Exhibition 7 – 15 June
Temple Baptist Church are privileged to be hosting the Tears of Gold exhibition, recently hosted by Coventry, Lincoln and Truro cathedrals, as compiled by Open Doors.
“The artwork has been created by women who have undergone persecution in northern Nigeria. This will be a special privilege for the church, since we have a number in our church family who are from Nigeria. The exhibition is intended to raise awareness about the double persecution Christian women are facing in sub-Saharan Africa. To find out more about the exhibition go to www.templebaptist.org.uk/tearsofgold
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Thought for the Week
Man cannot seek new horizons until he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
André Gide